i'm alive

Hi friends. It's been a while, I know. I'm alive and mostly well, I promise. Always prone to lengthy recaps of life's happenings in and out of the kitchen, I'm not sure what's behind the recent total aversion to writing, BUT, there are like four people who read this, and, it's not a source of income or anything, so I figured a hiatus would go largely un-protested. In the meantime, here's what I've been cooking, want to cook, and/or have found hilarious: 

red wine risotto, an old favorite, while my Venice friend was in town

homemade pesto, also whipped up for dinner with my Venice friend!

 

Double dark chocolate shortbread cookies. I think I could live on these alone. Seriously. {photo/recipe both from here}

deep dish peanut butter cookie with chocolate ice cream {photo/recipe from here}

Boxed wine in purse form. Genius.

I'll be back in (overly chatty) action when I start to feel more like myself again.